London's Milk Supply.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 234, 7 October 1904, Page 4

London's Milk Supply.

We know what it is tn those parts to have the price of riiilk fixed ,by ngreenicnt among the dairymen, but we have yet to experience the full .benefit and disadvantages of bein. K „t . the mercy 0 f a milk trust,. Uondoneis, it seems, are even now learning what a "controlled" supply may mean. The id-airy farmers of the Western Counties have amalgamated their business into a syndicate, called the Western Counties' Dairy Farmers Association. Its primary objects are said 1 0 be purely protective, but these protective' combinutivns Itiavo a way of becaminq- airgressive. There is little doubt tlj.u the association aims at t,he "ix'gul.,tion" of the supply of milk t, 0 London, and ultimately it hopes- to in- ■ elude all Uie dairymen. The pi- 0 . moters set out to command the milk ol 10,000 cows, mnd within ;l f ew weeks the members of the syndicate ownod 9300 cows among them, The directors we!e careful -in their metht ads, and they are laying, the foundations of a -great business on thor- . oughly sound, lines. They looked around for the very best milkinig strains in the country, and were prepared to Pay -high prices for reliable herds. At the outset the association has to compete against dairymen in the agricultural districts near ] jon _ don, so that for a year or so, at any rate, Londoners will have no 1 ''''ason to complain of the openatiions jof t.ho combine. Special "milk o\- . presses" are run j lv |}) ( , ra i,] avl . l v COIU- | panics to \iuriou;f contres m London, whence the milk is sent j promptly to Customers. The mlilk is guaranteed to exceed the standard ' of quality laid down by the Hoard of Agriculture, an-d to l>e absolutely fi eo of .joi'acic ackl and other chemical preservatives. The operations of the syndicate will extend- to butter I ami cheese, and arrangements are even now being made with erocers and provision merchants for the disposal of all kinds of da'irv produce far -the business will" bo developed remains to be seen, but a s the a raocla«on controls plenty 0 f eapitaiut will be able to give compet-i----totgat Home and abroad „ ™ )0( i, o 'tihink a,bout. It is in the wSfllLw t«5! ? that its °P er itions mosl t closdly, and if it succeed in securing a really dommaiWff influence among supples the posiHAj will n ot be without danger for C|^mcr S